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Webster 1913 Edition


Humanism

Hu′man-ism

(hū′man-ĭz’m)
,
Noun.
1.
Human nature or disposition; humanity.
[She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract
humanism
.
T. Hardy.
2.
The study of the humanities; polite learning.